Customer Profile: Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission

“It’s in Minnesota’s Nature.” That slogan defines the culture of Grand Rapids, Minn., a community that values and respects the environment. Businesses throughout the city are making energy efficiency upgrades to their facilities with help from the Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission’s Conservation Improvement Program (CIP), a program that Energy Insight, Inc., has delivered since 2012. In the first five years, this relationship helped businesses and organizations in Grand Rapids avoid nearly 8.75 million kWh per year and lower peak demand by a combined 1,525 kW in the first five years.